Buying & Planning Manager

Employee Mission

As an employee at Coolibar, you play a vital role in advancing our mission : to keep the world safe from sun damage, protecting those with sun-related medical conditions and helping prevent it for everyone else. You are part of a collaborative, cross-functional team dedicated to delivering the most innovative, user-centric UPF 50+ clothing and products, empowering people to live active, outdoor lives with confidence and safety in the sun.

Job Summary

The Buyer / Planner will serve as a critical bridge between Product Development, Category Managers and Operations. This role is responsible for planning and executing seasonal buy plans, maintaining healthy inventory levels, ensuring alignment between forecast and trends. This role’s work and responsibilities will have a direct impact on our different sales channels (Ecommerce, Wholesale, Marketplaces (Amazon FBA / FBM).

This position requires to manager 1 team member and is directly reported to the CFO, dotted line to the Product Director.

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following :

• Build, plan and execute seasonal buys based on historical data, sales goals, promotion calendar and assortment plans
• Manage and update the product master data
• Manage replenishment of Never Out SKU and submit purchase orders to our sourcing offices / suppliers through demand forecasting
• Monitor unit costs, MOQ, MCQ and delivery timelines to meet margin targets and calendar deadlines
• Collaborate on product strategies driven by special events / launches
• Work on Amazon FBA replenishments
• Work on OTB for the company and per User Group to track inventory throughout time
• Work closely with Operations regarding inbound receipts of merchandise

Qualifications